Baker s peel



H. L. SCHHOEDER.

BAKERS PEEL.

APLICANON FlLED FEB. 8.19l6.

1 ,1 95,5 1 1 Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

HENRY L. SCHROEDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BAKER/S PEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented AuO. 22, 1916.

Application led February 8, 1916, Serial No. 76,914.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. SCHRoEnER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bakers7 Ieels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bakers peels, and has for its object, the provision of simple and efficient means for strengthening the blades of the peels against splitting strains, and where the blades of the peels are formed of more than one piece, to facilitate holding the pieces together.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

An embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification; and in which,-

Figure 1, is a` plan view of the blade of a bakers peel embodying my invention and having portions cut away to show under-v lying parts. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section taken on line 2-2 in Fig. 1; and, Fig. 3, is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, I have shown the blade 5 of a bakers peel. Such blades are usually of wood and are made in one or more pieces of wood. When made of more than one piece, the pieces making up the blade are jointed and means employed for securing the pieces together. When the blade is made of a single piece, means are usually employed to prevent splitting and warping of the blade in use.

In accordance with my improvement, the blade 5 is provided with perforations eX- tending therethrough from edge to edge in its thicker end or heel portion 6, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Where the blade is made up of more than one part, the parts may be perforated separately and in such cases, the perforations are so formed that they will register when the parts are secured together. (See Fig. 1). In each of the perforations just referred to, I provide a strip, preferably of wood, each of the strips comprises two wedge members 7 and 8. The members 7 and 8, are so formed that when in position they completely fill the perforations through the blade and are tightly wedged in such perforations. In placing the wedge members 7 and 8 in position, they are preferably first dipped in glue and one of the wedge members placed in a perforation of the blade 5. The other wedge member, after being coated with glue, is then driven into the perforation, thereby locking both of the wedge members tightly in the perforation, and when the glue or other adhesive sets, the wedge members are permanently locked in the perforation. At 9, in Fig. Q, I have shown the wedge members as having rounded remote longitudinal edges, and at 10 in this same figure, I have shown the remote edges as being parallel. It will be understood that these edges may be formed in a variety of manners and still operated in the manner indicated above. As many of the strips, composed of wedge members 7 and 8, may beprovided in each blade 5, as may be required.

In the thinner end portion of the blade, I preferably provide dowel pins 11, which may be formed of tough wood, metal or any other suitable substance. The parts or boards making up the blade 5, are preferably drilled in a manner so that the openings in two adjacent parts will register. The dowel pins 11 are then coated with a suitable adhesive or cement and driven into place as the parts are forced together in making up the blade 5. A suitable cement is preferably used, which upon being heated, will adhere to the wood of the blade, permanently locking the dowel pins in the construction. I prefer to use wood in making the wedge members 7 and 8 and dowel pins 11, or some substance which will not tend to char the wood when the peel is heated in use. Where metal is used, the heat of the oven ordinarily chars the wood and causes the blade to break or become charred, loosening the tying members 7, 8 and 11.

Vhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the precise details set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and changes as come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A bakers peel comprising a wooden blade having a perforation extending laterally therethrough substantially midway between the top and bottom sides thereof; and coperating wedge members disposed in and substantially filling said perforation.

2. A, bakers peel comprising a blade made up of a plurality of strips of material fitted together and having perforations extending edgewise through the blade and registering openings in each pair of contiguous edges of said strips, said perforations and openings being substantially midway between the top and bottom surfaces of the blade; eoperating Wedge members fitted tightly in each of the perforations; a dowel pin fitted tightly in eaeh pair of said registering openings; and an adhesive material rigidly securing the wedge members and the dowels in the blade.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence 15 of two subscribing witnesses, on this ith day of February, A. D. 1916.

HENRY L. SCHROEDER.

lVitnesses I CHARLEs H. SEEM,

lIioMAs LoLsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner o! Patents. Washington, D. C." 

